EXCLUSIVE: Pence group knocks Vance plan to pay stay-at-home parents up to $9K per child

Advancing American Freedom (AAF), a group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, has urged conservatives to oppose Vice President JD Vance’s proposal to subsidize stay-at-home parents with up to $9,000 per child annually. AAF argues the plan would invite government intrusion, undermine the initiative’s original purpose of encouraging work and independence, and create new avenues for fraud. Vance’s plan seeks to expand the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to provide payments to families with a stay-at-home parent, but AAF contends this could strain already limited resources and penalize parents for working part-time or seeking promotions.

• Advancing American Freedom (AAF) opposes JD Vance’s proposal to subsidize stay-at-home parents.
• AAF warns the plan could lead to government intrusion, fraud, and disincentives to work.
• Vance’s proposal would expand the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to include stay-at-home parents.
• The group argues that expanding eligibility could strain existing resources and create competition for subsidies.
• AAF believes the plan contradicts conservative principles of encouraging work and independence.